• Suite404@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    Canada has the means to win this stupid trade war, partly because they aren’t idiots who started trade wars with the rest of their allies.

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    15 hours ago

    Did the article change out from under you? This title is now literally the opposite of the actual article’s title: “Trump halts doubling of tariffs on Canadian metals after Ontario suspends electricity price hikes”

  • iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    well he will find out that bullying countries is not the same as bullying students in college or bullying your white collars

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    20 hours ago

    The U.S. lacks the production capacity to meet domestic demand for steel and aluminum, else imports wouldn’t be necessary. I.e. domestic aluminum only covered about 15% of demand in 2024

    With a 50% tariff, businesses relying on these materials will still have to import, but at much higher costs.

    Trump believes this will boost domestic production, and even if that was true it would take years. However, in reality, it will likely reduce consumption due to skyrocketing prices, leading to lower demand, layoffs, and eventually recession.

    The 1920s are calling.

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      Aluminum requires a ton of cheap electricity/energy to produce. Which certain provinces in Canada have abundance of, along with the ore. Production isn’t going to US because he put tariffs.

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    He’s really helping things along with all these acts of stability, consistency, and predictability. Stuff businesses thrive on. Maybe the business world outside of the stock market (which the manipulation of is what this may all be about anyway) is just ignoring the day to day until something persists long enough to even get into the daily supply chain.

  • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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    His responses sound like robotic Civilization responses. Canada is a high tariff nation because of you dumbass.

    “I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to add an ADDITIONAL 25% Tariff, to 50%, on all STEEL and ALUMINUM COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM CANADA, ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD,” Trump posted Tuesday on Truth Social.

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          IIRC Sriracha had an exclusive provider for their peppers as they provided a unique taste to it. The company then decided to demand lower prices from the farmers causing them to have a falling out. The sauce was unavailable for a long while and when it was brought back it no longer tasted the same, at least IMO. I still eat it occasionally but not as much as before.

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            Yeah I’m imagining this falling out ends up with us offering another country good rates on purchasing our stuff.

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            23 hours ago

            Is THAT why the flavor is so different now??? I never knew! I used to love Sriracha but now it tastes synthetic and unpleasant.

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              Iirc the guy that farmed the original sirracha peppers makes his own hot sauce now with them after the falling oot- tastes exactly like the old sirracha, just under a different name.

  • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Still too low, I think he should raise it to 100%! (/s) Anyway how is CPC’s 30 point lead doing today? To shreds you say, tsk tsk tsk